The first day of our wilderness adventure was starting to slip away from us.  We were losing light fast.  It was nearly 3:30 p.m. by the time we unloaded all of our gear from the float plane, leaving only a few more hours to set up camp.  With the skies taking on an ominous color and the clouds beginning to churn, we quickly started working on constructing the tents that we would use for sleeping and cooking.
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
Under normal circumstances, Monty commissions additional float plane flights to transport bait and supplies into his camps prior to the scheduled arrival of his bear hunting clients.  He then pre-baits multiple stand locations to assure that his clients are hunting over fresh and active bait sites.  He usually hosts hunters at both camps each spring.  The normal routine is to have his first set of clients pursue bears in the Giraffe Lake area and then jump over to Hobb’s Lake via a short float pl